Re: MD5 encryption, Was: Multilingual database

M. Bastin wrote:

> Say Dani,
>
> Do you know where I can find the specs of MD5, like it is implemented
> in pgsql?
> I've been doing google searches on MD5 a week ago or so, but didn't
> come up with any explanation on how to program MD5 encryption. I
> didn't even find *the* MD5, but all kinds of derivated encryption
> techiques--without explanations.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc

MD5 is a hash function, but can approximate encryption the way it was suggested. I'd suggest checking the RFCs for how tos.

Sincerely,
Reshat.

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